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Typhoon McGoon....Texas Patriot and Armored Saint!

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How did you find out about For Which We Stand

Jalee invited me.

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I am an avid patriot who believes in God, Country, Constitution and Corps in that order. I took several oaths in my life and I never noticed an expiration date on those oaths. Therefore I consider myself....Under Oath For Life.

My message to ALL liberals: "I am willing to lay down my life if need be in the defense of our freedoms and liberties guaranteed by The Constitution.....and my question to ALL of you is simply this.....Would ANY of you be willing to lay down YOUR lives trying to take them from me?"

"Political Correctness" is a doctrine fostered by a delusional liberal minority and by the mainstream media which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life." John F. Kennedey- 1-29-61.

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.” General George S. Patton

"Make the mind command the body, never let the body command the mind." General George S. Patton

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.” General George S. Patton

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets." General George S. Patton

Sir Winston Churchill once said that, "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed, if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival."

“Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson

"Nearly all men can withstand adversity; if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln

“There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." James Madison, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 16, 1788.

"An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you just found out" Will Rogers.

"If the government were to "form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their rights and those of their fellow citizens." Observation by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 29

"The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution is the "Reset Button" for the Constitution itself." Jim Quinn

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile …hoping it will eat him last." Sir Winston Churchill

"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams

"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master...and deserves one!" Alexander Hamilton

Michael,
Predators of every nature, in every environment, from Jackals to the Great White, cruise territories containing sufficient available carrion, prey, and/or opportunities to meet their needs. Even the Great White, however, finds a new range - or gets shredded when a Killer Whale pod shows up where he hunts. Dealing with trolls is no big deal, somewhat like dealing with a cowardly Jackal with an over-inflated ego. Showing them who they actually are is usually enough - unless they're terminally stupid as well.

Michael,
My thanks for the friendship offer - which I gladly accepted, but I have a problem with getting rid of dissenters. No matter where they disagree with us, they keep us sharp and focused, practicing defense of our positions - OR - they just might have some better idea than whatever we've embraced. Either or both, in my humble opinion, are benefits as they help preclude the sloth of complacency. What happens to a boxer who doesn't spar, or a shooter who doesn't practice?

Trolls, however, are an entirely different matter. Banning them is their proof that they’ve outsmarted us, and encourages them to adopt another NIC to return under, and do whatever they do: name-calling, ridicule, etc., over and over again. We all deal with different problems in our own way; I prefer to return fire with such people to the point that they voluntarily depart (with their tails between their legs) with no desire to return for more. I encountered such a troll when I first came aboard SmartGirl groups. Management banned him, and he came back under another name, but with the same recognizable stupidities. Nobody interfered when I began dealing with him in my own little way. He left. Last heard (from two other SG members) he was in some non-related groups, still badmouthing me. What, me worry?

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Ten Commandments of Human Relations

The fundamental issue in human ethical behavior is summarized by Jesus in what we have come to call "The Golden Rule." Jesus put it this way:

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 7:12 TNIV).

It asks us to test our treatment of others by putting ourselves in their place. Treat others the way you would want them to treat you in the same or similar circumstance.

Somebody took that principle and translated it into Ten Commandments of Human Relations. You may have seen this anonymous piece, for it circulates in a variety of settings. In case you have missed it, I am reproducing it here.

Speak to people. There is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting.

Smile at people. It takes 72 muscles to frown, only 14 to smile.

Call people by name. It is music to anyone’s ears to hear the sound of his or her name.

Be friendly and helpful.

Be cordial. Speak and act as if everything you do is genuinely a pleasure. If it isn’t, learn to make it so.

Be genuinely interested in people. You can like almost anyone, if you try.

Be generous with praise, cautious with criticism.

Be considerate of the feelings of others. There are usually three sides to a controversy — yours, the other fellow’s, and the correct one.

Be alert to serve. What counts most in life is what you do for others.

Live with a good sense of humor, a generous dose of patience, and a dash of humility appropriate to being human.

Made in God’s image, all of us have something to be valued!

The great challenge in human experience is not work skills, but people skills. That is, research has shown that the majority of people who fail in their vocation do so because they cannot get along with people.

You might think through the meaning of these ten common-sense ideas for your own workplace and personal activity. But what about the larger setting for your daily life? These principles work everywhere you go, for they are about showing respect to the people you meet in all those places.

Made in God’s image, all of us have something to be valued, affirmed, and acknowledged by others. But let it begin with us to acknowledge it in them. As the cycle of giving and receiving enlarges, the human community comes alive.